THE HARD-ONS’ I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken Tour

THE HARD-ONS’ I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken Tour

Rolls into Wollongong’s La la las Sunday 27th March

FIRST TOUR WITH NEW SINGER TIM ROGERS FOLLOWS THE GROUP’S FIRST EVER TOP 5 ALBUM!

March 21, 2022


The Hard-Ons kick off their I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Take tour – their first tour with their new line-up which features new singer Tim Rogers. The tour comes on the back of the band’s first ever ARIA Top 5 album, and takes in all East Coast capitals and key regional hubs.

The list of supports includes strong locals as well as a couple of bands with a shared history on the Alternative Charts in the ’90s – Smudge in Sydney and The Meanies in Melbourne. Sydney’s C.O.F.F.I.N are main support for tour closer at the Corner in Melbourne.

Watch ‘Lite as a Feather’

Photo credit | Michelle Young

The Hard-Ons’ tour follows the unprecedented chart success and fantastic response to their new I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken album –  their first with new singer Tim Rogers.

The tour is gonna be unmissable; the new album reveals the new line-up to be working a treat and a couple of surprise shows – including the line-up’s first, playing under the name Clandestine Sausage at the Link & Pin Cafe in Woy Woy back in December – have shown the band to be in magical form. The magic comes in part from the fact that Tim Rogers has proven himself the perfect new addition to the band, which in turn is partly due to the fact that he has long been one of the band’s biggest fans.  

As he recently told Blunt: “I’m a fan first and foremost. [They were] the first band I loved that I could see, the first band I got my nose broken to, [and the first band] I lost my hearing to. There are so many firsts. And then to be in the rehearsal room… I looked over at Blackie’s amp and went, ‘Oh, that’s the amp.’ And I saw the SG, and I was like, ‘That’s the SG.’ I’ve been watching him play with those since 1986.”

Tour Dates

MARCH

Thu 24 – Sydney, Factory Theatre – with special guests SMUDGE and FLOWERS FOR JAYNE – tickets here

Fri 25 – Avalon, Avalon RSL – with guests RAISING RAVENS – tickets here

Sat 26 – Newcastle, The Cambridge Hotel – with guests BITCHCRAFT – tickets here

Sun 27 – Wollongong, La La La’s – with guests LUCIFUNGUS and CHIMERS- tickets here

Thu 31 – Canberra, The Basement – with guests GLITORIS and CHARLOTTE & THE HARLOTS – tickets here

APRIL

Sat 2 – Adelaide, Enigma Bar – with guests CULL – tickets here

Thu 7 – Geelong, Barwon Club – with guests DEAD and EYEROLL – tickets here

Fri 8 – St Kilda, Gershwin Room @ The Espy – with very special guests THE MEANIES and RIVER OF SNAKES – tickets here

Sat 9 – Melbourne, Corner Hotel – with special guests C.O.F.F.I.N and CHEEKY GEEZERS –  tickets here